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Terex Trucks has over 70 years’ experience in building tough, reliable articulated haulers.

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Trucks for tunnelling projects

What makes Terex Trucks’ articulated haulers, the TA300 and TA400, proven performers for the toughest applications?

SCOTTISH MANUFACTURER TEREX

Trucks explains why tough tunnelling projects require extra tough machinery and how its articulated haulers get the job done in challenging working environments.

Maximum uptime

The machines working in the tunnel have to follow an intense schedule and usually run around the clock, seven days a week. Any unscheduled downtime can cause delays and increases costs, so machine reliability and availability are important requirements.

To ensure maximum uptime, Terex Trucks uses a longlife transmission fluid that extends oil change intervals. The TA300 has a maintenance interval of 4,000 hours and the TA400’s transmission has an oil change interval of 6,000 hours. Terex Trucks has also extended the maintenance life of the actuation hydraulic fluid to 4,000 hours. This does not only increase uptime; the reduction in consumption and disposal of fluids also helps to minimise environmental impact.

Operational safety

The machines’ modulating transmission retarder is coupled with an efficient exhaust brake and fully enclosed oilcooled multidisc brakes, to provide high levels of machine control and operational safety.

To ensure safe operations, Terex Trucks haulers are equipped with effective hazard area communications, including indicators for left and right as well as directional lights, often backed up by additional supporting lights.

Terex Trucks has over 70 years’ experience in building tough, reliable articulated haulers. The TA300 and TA400 are straightforward machines that get the job done, no matter what.

Strong and fuelefficient engines

Thanks to a drivetrain that Is perfectly matched with the engine, Terex Trucks haulers deliver powerful performance and excel in demanding work environments. The TA300 and TA400 are both equipped with Scania engines. The TA300 is powered by a Scania DC9 engine, which develops gross power of 370 hp (276 kW) and a maximum torque of 1387 lbf ft (1,880 Nm), and the TA400’s Scania DC13 engine develops gross power of 331 kW (444 hp) and a maximum torque of 2,255 Nm (1,663 lbf ft).

Both the TA300 and TA400 have recently been updated with an EUStage V emissioncompliant engine and now boast a reduction in fuel consumption of up to 7% (compared to the Stage IV machines). This improvement is achieved with advanced engine control and effective fuel injections. In combination with its latest upgrade to a highly efficient 8speed transmission, the Stage V TA300 even delivers fuel consumption savings of up to 10%.

The TA300 and TA400 come with threestage aspirated air filtration, which provides increased engine protection to lengthen maintenance intervals.

Comfortable working environment

Terex Trucks has improved operator comfort and upgraded the cabs of the TA300 and TA400 with a highperformance heating and airconditioning system.

Easy to maintain

Both the TA300 and TA400 have a fully tilting cab for easy access, and the electronically raised hood allows technicians to reach the engine service points quickly.

“At Terex Trucks, we have over 80 years’ experience in building tough, reliable offhighway haulers,” said Paul Douglas, managing director. “This strong hauling heritage is reflected in our products today. The TA300 and TA400 are straightforward machines that get the job done, no matter what.” ■

Fleetboard celebrates10-year partnership with WBG

DAIMLER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MENA and the general distributor of MercedesBenz Trucks in Abu Dhabi – Emirates Motor Company, celebrate a 10year partnership with Western Bainoona Group (WBG).

Based in the UAE, WBG is an integrated group in the areas of construction, land transportation and crushers, and has been a cornerstone in the development of roads, bridges and infrastructure projects in the United Arab Emirates.

“We truly value the partnership and appreciate the trust from Western Bainoona Group. Together with EMC, we are committed to providing the best services and to further strengthen our long and prosperous partnership,” said Olaf Petersen, general manager, Daimler Trucks Sales, Daimler Commercial Vehicles MENA.

By actively utilising the data from Fleetboard’s unique Driver Performance Analysis, Trip Records and Service/Uptime data, WBG did not only benefit from operating cost savings such as fuel consumption, but also an increased uptime due to efficient management of services schedules. This led to the management’s decision to equip Fleetboard as standard in all of their MercedesBenz Trucks in 2015. Today, there are over 250 active Fleetboard units in WBG’s fleet.

“At Western Bainoona Group, we continuously enhance our capability to ensure we remain at the forefront of our industry and having Fleetboard installed in our MercedesBenz trucks which enables professional monitoring and management of our fleet, is our commitment to provide excellence to our customers,” said Zouheir Chamandi, president of Western Bainoona Group. “Thanks to Fleetboard, we managed to save over 10% of fuel consumption from idling and achieved almost zero fuel loss from potential fuel theft, by tracing fuel loss data with the Trip Records, Mapping, and Driver Performance analysis,” added Chamandik.

As connectivity and autodata processing is fast evolving, WBG’s next step is to link the massive data available from Fleetboard, into their SAP system, and to look at innovative ways to simplify processes, such as using data from Fleetboard to further lower operating costs, and automate processes such as automatic job card creation based on service data from Fleetboard.

From left: Olaf Petersen, general manager, Trucks Sales Daimler Commercial Vehicles MENA; Bilal AlRibi, general manager Commercial Vehicles of Emirates Motor Company; Zouheir Chamandi, president of Western Bainoona Group.